Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Before and After Dental Health Education among Hearing and Speech Impaired Children
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1 ORIGINAL ARTICLE (APMC 398) DOI: 1.254/APMC/ Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Before and After Dental Health Education among Hearing and Speech Impaired Children Kiran Tariq, Humayun Suqrat Hasan Imam, Muhammad Akhtar Parvez ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the level dental health awareness, existing status dental hygiene and extent compliance to basic dental health education in hearing and speech impaired. Setting: Govt. higher secondary school special education for hearing impaired, Faisalabad, where around hearing and speech impaired students from play-group to intermediate are under educational program. Age group: 7-11 years. Sample Size: Total had mixed dentition stage and were selected because this group is most vulnerable to poor dental health. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Duration: April-May 15. Sampling technique: n-probability convenient sampling. Methodology: Under the supervision their parents and teachers, using their sign language to communicate, the were assessed for their knowledge about dental health through a pretested and close ended questionnaire and their prevailing oral hygiene status especially their gingival health was examined visually. Any sign gingival inflammation with glazing, redness, edema and/or hypertrophy was marked as gingivitis. Followed by a session basic dental health education, which was delivered to these differently-abled (deaf) through specially designed presentations with maximum picture and video messages, which were easy for them to understand. After 45 days, re-examination was done to find out the percentage improvement in their gingival health. Results: Of the total, 66 them had never visited a dentist for a routine dental check-up. Yet 47 them had a good knowledge that dental brushing prevented tooth decay, but only 25 knew that sweets causes dental decay and only 18 were aware that fizzy drinks adversely affects the teeth. On oral examination, 61.11% these were found to have compromised gingival health status; gingivitis. When after they were given basic dental health education and examined again on 45 th day, number having gingivitis dropped to only 28.88%, indicating that 32.22% these hearing and speech impaired having poor gingival health previously, showed up improvements. Conclusion: Comprehensive oral health awareness education to these can largely bring a change in their knowledge, attitudes and practices in maintaining dental health. Keywords: Hearing and Speech impaired, oral hygiene, gingivitis, dental health awareness, improvements. Corresponding Author Dr. Kiran Tariq Dental Surgeon, Ex. Student Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad Contact: gr8soul@hotmail.com Submitted for Publication: Accepted for Publication: Article Citation: Tariq K, Imam HSH, Parvez MA. Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Before and After Dental Health Education Among Hearing and Speech Impaired Children. APMC 17;11(3): INTRODUCTION Health care structure in Pakistan is over burdened by increasing population and it is believed that the number handicapped individuals is increasing in proportion to the general population. Around 36 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss. Deafness is clinically and genetically heterogeneous and can be caused by environmental as well as genetic factors. In a study, it was found that as a cultural preference in Pakistan, consanguineous marriages has increased the pool recessive genes causing disorders like hearing and speech impairment and many other. 1 It is estimated that prevalence bilateral hearing loss is 1.6 per 1 persons in Pakistan and % arise in consanguineous-families. A survey, 2 founded the prevalence total hearing loss in rural Pakistan to be 7.9%. Dental care is found to be the most unmet health care need, especially among the differently-abled individuals. Their oral health may be neglected because the focus on their disabling conditions, other major diseases, or limited access to oral health care. Differently-abled are at a greater risk poorer oral health due to more frequent oral infections and periodontal disease, moderate to severe malocclusion, and craniacial birth defects. Moreover, dental care is sought only on an emergency basis. 3 Their dental needs are said to be highly underserved due to health care neglect by care takers or parents, communication barriers or socioeconomic status. 4 Because oral hygiene affects one s esthetics and communication, it has strong biological, APMC Volume 11, Number 3 July September
2 psychological and social impact. Variable access to dental care, inadequate oral hygiene practices and disability related factors may account for the differences in these hearing impaired. In a study, 5 on oral characteristics in deaf, it has been shown that there is a significantly increased prevalence caries and gingival inflammation in these than their healthy counterparts. These people are more prone to develop periodontitis in earlier life, have poor oral hygiene and are mouth breathers resulting in xerostomia. There are many other difficulties faced by the deaf when they are compared with their healthy hearing counterparts, leading to inequalities to access oral health care. A study, 6 observed that 78% the with special health care needs were in need for dental care. In the same study, those who reported a dental care need, 1.4% did not receive any the required dental care. Thus the health care providers must have unique communication skills to deal with special needs the deaf and programs should be designed to improve knowledge, attitude and behavior to meet the special needs this group population, as recommended in a study 7.They form a unique population deserving special considerations. Previously, they have been ignored or even hidden away in institutions. Therefore, this study will help to assess dental health awareness, oral hygiene status and oral hygiene practices in with impaired hearing and speech. examination, using disposable wooden retractors to expose the oral cavity, evaluation any sign gingival inflammation with glazing, redness, edema and/or hypertrophy was marked as gingivitis. Next, specially prepared presentations, having easy to understand information and maximum picture slides and videos, were used to teach the audience about the causes dental diseases, need for tooth brushing, proper tooth brushing methods, unhealthy eating habits that need to be avoided and importance routine dental check-ups. Assistance was taken from their respective teachers to help the understand the delivered message through their sign/symbol language. After ensuring that the required awareness about dental health has been delivered to the subjects, a re-examination was done on 45 th day to review any improvement in their gingival health status. The data collected was cleaned, coded and analyzed for descriptive statistics, using SPSS version. There were no ethical issues; a written informed consent was taken on an informed consent prorma from the parents the before starting the study. RESULTS number METHODOLOGY 65 Study Design: A cross sectional-study Place Study: Govt. higher secondary school 25 special education for hearing impaired, Faisalabad, Duration Study: April-May 15 Around hearing and speech impaired students (%) : : 27.78% from play-group to intermediate are under : 72.22% educational program. Study population consisted all the having mixed dentition, because this group is mostly vulnerable to poor dental health, Figure 1: Sweets affect teeth age ranging from 7-11 years. They were selected through non-probability convenient sampling. Data Collection: The were examined at the institution seated comfortably on an ordinary chair in number 6 daylight. Under the supervision their parents and teachers, using their sign language to communicate, 72 the were assessed for their knowledge about dental health through a closed ended; 1 18 pretested questionnaire. This questionnaire was an assessment previous dental visits, tooth brushing (%) : : % habits and snacking habits (consumption sweets : % and fizzy drinks) among these hearing and speech impaired. Followed by an oral hygiene Figure 2: Fizzy Drinks affect teeth APMC Volume 11, Number 3 July September
3 number 6 1 (%) : : 52.22% : 47.78% % 61.11% Percentage Improvement Gingivitis Figure 6: Improvement in gingivitis after dental health awareness. Figure 3: Brushing Prevents tooth decay number Results show that61.11% these were found to have compromised gingival health. After they were given basic dental health education and examined again on 45 th day, number having gingivitis dropped to only 28.88%, indicating that 32.22% these hearing and speech impaired having poor gingival health previously, showed-up marked improvements. DISCUSSION This study shows that very few among these differently-abled knew that sweets and fizzy (%) : : 26.7% drinks adversely effects the teeth but were aware : 73.3% that brushing their teeth daily prevented dental decay. Majority them had never visited the dentist Figure 4: Routine Dental check-up for a routine dental check-up; this could be due to low priority parents for oral health care. These Oral health examination was done and basic dental results are similar to the study 8 where only 8% the health education was given to these and on with special needs gave correct answers to 45 th day re-examination demonstrated following the causes tooth decay. results: Oral hygiene status was found largely compromised in these with poor gingival health. This Prevelance gingivitis corresponds to a study, 9 stating that periodontal health was generally poor in deaf blind, they had significant gingival inflammation. In another AFTER 28.88% study, the deaf and dumb were found to have periodontal pockets with loss attachment score 91.7%. 1 BEFORE 61.11% BEFORE Educational research has shown that simple AFTER incentives and reinforcement by pressionals can encourage these young to change their attitudes about oral hygiene maintenance measures. 11 Accordingly in our study, a conservative Percentage approach was adapted without any intervening dental treatment. Children were given basic dental Figure 5: Prevalence gingivitis, before and health awareness, through specially designed, after dental health education. encouraging presentations; parents/teachers cooperated and helped us to deliver the message more precisely through their language perception i.e. APMC Volume 11, Number 3 July September
4 sign and symbol language. Emphasis was given to teach them the importance tooth brushing with proper tooth brushing methods; it has been shown that tooth brushing like other habits can be positively reinforced in these through behavior management techniques like tell-show-do approach and protective stabilization. 12 When after 45 days, these selected were again re-examined for their oral health status, marked improvements in their gingivitis reflected that proper awareness could largely bring a change in their oral hygiene status. Reason behind these contrasting results could largely be attributed to the communication barriers between these hearing and speech impaired and the dental pressionals. Most important concern in our study was to make sure that these hearing and speech impaired must understand what was meant to teach them, because with hearing impairment are one important group deprived good oral health due to communication barriers. 13 Because which these and their parents/caregivers feel hesitant to visit their doctor on a regular schedule. This finding is consistent with a study 14, where 46% the with disability had difficulty in seeking dental care and 55% those with disabilities had unmet dental needs. Lack sign language and awareness training among health service staff and shortage or absence aids to communication have also been pointed out. Difficulties may then continue in consultation. Lip readers may be hampered by doctors looking at computers or wearing masks. Thus doctor-patient relationship usually fails to develop. Emphasis must be given on how to improve communication with deaf. 15 A study has highlighted the importance involving parents/caregivers during treatments and when giving oral hygiene instructions to the with hearing impairment. 16 Parents involvement makes them take greater responsibility for their child s oral health. That was the reason why the parents/caregivers were involved in this study. A study states that ideal prophylactic measures must aim not only at improving the oral health during the period investigation, but also in improving the conditions later in life. 17 Any motivation to improve oral health should be efficient and appropriate to the target groups. This is only possible when the needs the target groups are identified precisely. CONCLUSION This study shows that these hearing and speech impaired have inadequate awareness about dental health care. Comprehensive oral health awareness and education can largely bring a change in their knowledge, attitudes and practices in maintaining and caring for their dental health. REFERENCES 1. Ali G. Genetic deafness in Pakistan Population. J Pak Med Assoc 1;6(6): Elahi MM, Elahi F, Elahi A, Elahi SB. Paediatric hearing loss in Rural Pakistan. J. Otolaryngo 1998;27(6): Leal RL, Vieira de Lima Saintrain M. Access to dental public services by disabled persons. BMC Oral Health 15;15: Nahar SG, Hossain MA, Howlader MB, Ahmed A. Oral health status disabled. Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 1;36(2): Sandeep V, Vinay C, Madhuri V, Vcerabhadra Rao V, Uloopi KS, Chandra Sekar R. Impact visual instruction on oral hygiene status with hearing impairment. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent 14;32(1): Lewis CW. Dental care and with special health care needs: A population based perspective. Acad. Pediatr 9;9(6): Djeri A, Kuzmanovic-Radman I, Grabez M. Oral health in with hearing and speech impairment in Banjaluka. Serb Dent J 13;6(3): Oredugba FA: Use oral health care services and oral findings in with special needs in Lagos, Nigeria. Spec Care Dentist 6;26(2): Bemsten E. Oral Characteristics Children with visual or auditory Impairment. Pediatr Dent 14;36(4): Ameer N, Rajababu P, Satyanarayana D. Oral hygiene and periodontal status teenagers with special needs in the district Nalgonda, India. J Indian Soc Periodontal 12;16(3): Vijender K, Salil K, Sukanaya P. Dental Management with special Health Care Needs - A review. Br J Med Med Res 16;17(7): Heinrich-Weltzien R. Behavior Management for with special needs during Oral care. J Dent Oral Health 14;15(3): Patcharaphol S. Dental care for patients who have Hearing Impairment. Int J Clin Prev Dent 14;1(4): Alsmark SS, de va Garcia J, Martinez MRM, Lopez NEG. How to improve communication with deaf in the dental clinic. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 7;12(8): Newton V E, Rupani S. Improving communication with patients with a hearing impairment. Community Eye Health J. 13;26(81): Pareek S, Nagaraj A, Yousuf A, Ganta S, Mansi A, Singh K. Effectiveness supervised oral health maintainane in hearing impaired and mute A parallel randomized controlled trial. JInt Soc Prevent Communit Dent 15; 5(3): APMC Volume 11, Number 3 July September
5 17. Liliya D, Milena P. Motivational Training program for oral hygiene deaf. Int J Sci Research 15;4 (2): AUTHORSHIP AND CONTRIBUTION DECLARATION AUTHORS Contribution to The Paper Signatures Dr. Kiran Tariq Dental Surgeon, Ex. Student Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad Dr. Humayun Suqrat Hasan Imam Associate Pressor, Community Medicine Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad Dr. Muhammad Akhtar Parvez Assistant Pressor, Community Medicine Faisalabad Medical University, Faisalabad Data Collection Supervision & Guidance Review the Article APMC Volume 11, Number 3 July September
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